Mold for making french rolls.



No. 772,688. PATENTED .001218, 1904.

BEYCRE. MOLD FOR MAKING FRENCH ROLLS.

l APPLICATION FILED MAR.19. 1904.

No MODEL.

PATBNTED 00T. 18, 1904.

L. YCRL. K MOLD PoR MAKING FRENCH ROLLS.

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APPLICATION N0 MODEL.

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I PATBNTBD OOT. 18, 1904:.v B1 YORB. i MOLD FOR MAKING FRENCH' ROLLS. APPLICATION FILED MAB. 19, 19,04. NO MODEL. l a sHnBTs-snn'r 3.

Patented october 1s, 1904.

UNITED v'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BAPTISTE YCRE, .OF NEVV YORK, N. Y.

vwloLD FORMAKING FRENCH ROLLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,688, dated October 18, 41904:.

i A i Applicatioiifiled March 19,1904. Serial No. 198.881. 4(No. model.)

vT @rtlz/171,071?, it may concern/" A'Be it known that I, BAPTISTE Yoan, a citi- -r zen of the United States, residinggin New' York, borough of Manhattan, and State of 5'New York, have invented certainnew and useful .Improvements in Molds for Making French Rolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to Ycertain improve-` rO ments in the mold for making French rolls for which Letters Patent were granted to me heretofore, No. 714,550,fdated November 25, 1902. 1

In using the mold referred to the dough I 5k was rolled out or stretchedto sufficient length and placed in the spaces between a number of rows of ribs located in the mold. The rolls of dough were then cut into as many pieces as there were rows of ribs by passing. a knife from end to end in the spaces separating the rows of ribs. I'n this manner the pieces of rolled or stretched dough were quickly cut into pieces of uniform size corresponding to the rolls to be made. A peel that corresponds in size to the mold was then placed in position over the same, after which the mold and peel were reversed together, so that all the pieces of dough were dropped onto the peel, by which they are then transferred into the oven for baking. Before the transfer of the pieces of dough from the mold to the peel the top surfaces of the rolls were provided with inclined scratches for `permitting the gases to escape during the baking operation and iinprove the appearance of the baked rolls. When a large number of rolls have to be baked during the day, this scratching of the pieces of dough and the cutting of the same in the molds takes up considerable time and delays the charging of the oven with the rolls for baking the saine. In most French bakeries itis customary to bake four times a day, and it is therefore necessary to accomplish the making of the dough, the rolling it into longitudinal pieces, placing these pieces -in the molds, scratching the surfaces of the individual pieces of dough, and cutting them transversely into the smaller pieces required for the rollswithin a certain time, so as to produce the large number of rolls required.

The lobject of this invention is to furnish an improved mold for making French rollsv by fwhich the inclined scratchers on the surface of the pieces of dough and the transverse cutting ofil of the long pieces of dough into smaller pieces corresponding to the size of the rolls' -to be made .is accomplished by mechanical .means, so tliatless time is consumed in scratching the pieces, cutting them to the required size, and baking them; and for this purpose .the invention consists of a mold for making lFrench rolls which comprises la rectangular boX of the required size, provided with a number of transverse ribs in said box and with parallelV incisions, one set being inclined relatively to and the other set at right angles to the ribs and extending through the bottom of the boX and the base portion of the transverse ribs, said incisions serving for guiding a set of scratching-knives for scratching the surface of the dough and aset of cutting-knives for cutting thedough into smaller pieces.

The invention consists, further, of the combination, with a mold constructed as described,

of a scratching and cutting box having a recess for placing the mold in position therein, a longitudinally-reciprocating knife-carrying board guided in said frame, and means for reciprocating said knife-carrying board in said box so as to pass the knivesthrough the in cisions located in the bottom of the mold and' the base portions of the ribs, respectively, for the scratching and cutting operations; and the invention consists, lastly, of certain details of construction, which will be fully described hereinafter, and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a plan view of my improved mold for making French rolls, showing the mold in position on the scratching-box for `produc-l ing the scratching of the pieces of dough in the mold. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sec tion on line 2 2, Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a plan'view of the scratching-box, partly in` horizontal section and with the top boards removed, so as to show the reciprocating knife-carrying frame below the same. Fig. l is a longitudinal section on line .4 1I, Fig. 8. Fig. 5 is a4 plan View of the mold placed in position in the cutting-box for producing the cutting of IOO the rolled-out dough into pieces required for the individual rolls. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section on line 6 6, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a vertical longitudinal section on line 7 7, Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a top view ot' a piece of rolled-out dough after the same has been passed through the scratching and cutting boxes. Fig. 9 is a bottom view of Fig. 8, and Fig. 10 shows baked rolls made Jfrom a piece of rolled-out dough that has been made by my improved mold.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a box oi' suitable size, according to the number and size of the rolls to be made in the same. rl`he boX A is made of rectangular shape and provided with raised side and end walls a and with a number of transverse rows of tapered ribs b, said ribs being attached tothe bottom of the box at such distance from each other that in the spaces between the ribs pieces of rolled or stretched dough of suiicient size may be placed, so as to till the spaces between the ribs from one end to the other. In the boX shown in Figs. l and 5 of the drawings Seven transverse ribs are shown, which form eight spaces or depressions between the same, so that eight pieces ot' dough can be placed in the same, each piece being of such a length that ive rolls can be made from the same. The mold may, however, be made with a larger or smaller number of ribs and spaces, according to the size of the rolls to be made, or in case the mold is to be used for bread the spaces are made of suiicient width to provide for the long pieces of dough that are required t'or the so-called French bread.

The mold is provided at its under side with parallel inclined incisions CZ, which extend through the bottom of the box A and into the base portions of the transverse ribs b, the incisions being preferably cut into the mold by a gang of parallel circular saws-or in any other suitable manner, the incisions being preferably arranged at an angle of about thirty to thirty-iive degrees to the longer sides of the mold, as shown in Figs. l and 5. A second set of incisions CZ is arranged inthe bottom of the boX and the base portions ot' the transverse ribs at rightl angles to the latter, the number of inclined incisions (Z being equal to twice the number of the spaces between the ribs, while the number of cross-incisions rl is equal to the number ot' pieces or blanks minus one into which the rolled-out piece of 'dough is to be divided. In the mold shown in the drawings twenty-four inclined incisions l and four cross-incisions d are employed. The series of inclined incisions are intended for the purpose of guiding the scratchingknives by which the face or front of the pieces of dough in the mold is to be scratched, while the cross-incisions are intended for guiding the cutting-knives by which the rolled or stretched out pieces oi dough are to be cut into the smaller pieces or blanks required i'or the rolls.

As soon as the rolled-out pieces oi dough are placed into the mold-spaces between the ribs the mold, with the dough in the same, is placed first into a scratching-box F, which is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The scratching-box F is made of oblong shape and provided with two top boardsff", each haring a rectangular recess f2 corresponding to approximately one hali" o'l the mold A. A lniife-carrying board B is guided in the box F and provided with rollers fr, so as to more easily over the bottom ot' the box F from one end to the other. The knife-carrying board B is provided with a set oi twenty-'tour parallel knives K, which are inserted into recesses of the board B and arranged at the same angle as the recesses f2 ot' the top boards f, so that when the mold is placed in the top ot' the scratching-box F the knives K of the knife-carrying board B are in exact alinement with the inclined bottom incisions of the mold. AIn Fig. 1 the lmit'c-carrying board is shown in normal position in the scratching-box F. lt is connected at opposite ends with cords e e', of which the cord is guided over pulleys e2 ci at the end ot' the box F, the cord e being attached by a helical spring w" to an eye 5 on the side wall of the box F and provided with a loop-shaped handle J. The cord d is guided over a pulley 7 and wound upon a pulley 8, that is located centrally on a transverse shaft S, which is actuated by spiral springs al", located in housings a, the inner ends of said springs being attached to the shaft S, while the outer ends are attached to the housings c, so that when the knifecarrying board B is moved by the cord c from its normal position (shown in Fig. l) into the. position shown in Fig. 3 and its loop-shaped handle e placed into position on a hook or pin e on the side of the box F the spiral springs @1 on the shaft are set to tension. As soon as the handle e is released from the hook or pin e the tension ofthe spiral springw0 pulls the knife-carrying board quickly from one end or' the box to the other, so that the knives are quickly moved through the inclined incisions d of the mold. The ends ot' the knives are inclined and ot' slightly-greater height than their shank portions, as shown in Fig. 4. .A scratching action is exerted by the parallel knives of the board B on the pieces oi dough located in the spaces of the mold, each piece ot' dough being scratched at ten points across the under side of the pieces of dough. The

helical spring i of the cord a serves for holding thc cord taut along the side oi*I the scratching-box F, so that the same is always within reach whenever it is desired to place the knilccarrying board into position at the end oi thev box F and the actuatiiig-springs into tension for performing the scratching operation. By

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the action ofthe scratching-knives every one' of the forty individual rolls that are obtained from the pieces of dough placed in one frame is provided with two parallel scratches of the lsame size and inclination, the scratches on all the rolls being exactly alike and produced sito a second or cutting box G. which is made of rectangular shape, but smaller in length than the scratching box F. The cuttingbox Gr is covered partly by transverse top boards g, the recess between said boards being exactly of the same size as the mold. In the cutting-box Gr is arranged a transverse knife-carrying board B', which is provided with cutting-knives K', having inclined ends arranged transverselyvto the longer sides of the moldl A. Motion is'imparted tothe knifecarrying board B in the same manner as to the knife-carryingboard B of the scratchingbox by spiral springs applied to-a transverse shaft S at theunder side of the box, the cords being arranged and actuated in the same manner as the cords of the scratching-box B.

On releasing the cord e from its hook the spiral springs pull the knife-carrying board B from one end of the frame to the other,

so that the inclined portions of the knives `pass through the cross-incisions of the mold .and cut thereby the pieces of dough placed in the same into smaller pieces or blanks.,

The inclined ends of the cutting-knives K on the knife-carrying board Bl are made of 'sufficient height so as to produce the reliable cutting of the pieces of dough in the mold, while the knives of the knife-carrying board B are of smaller height than the knives of the knife-carrying board B' for the reason that they have only to perform a surfacescratching of the rolls.

In place of the cords and pulleys by which the knife -carrying boards are moved from one end of the scratching and cutting boxes to the other any other mechanism may b e employed for this purpose, provided that the knife-carrying boards pass quickly over the bottom of the mold,'so as to perform the scratching and cutting of the dough in'a reliable and effective manner. The knife-carrying board Bl is like the board B, provided with rollers r', so that the friction of the knife-carrying board with the bottom of the cutting-box is reduced andthe same `moved quickly fromone end of the box to the other. The boxes are supported on suitable benches sidewise of each other, one mold after the other being placed first into the top recess of the scratching-box for the scratching of the dough, then into the top recess of the cutting-box for cutting the dough into` pieces.

After'both operations are performed a peel' is placed over the mold and then both the peel and mold reversed, so that the individual.v

pieces of dough are dropped onto the ypeel with the scratched surface on top, to be then transferred by the peel into the oven in the usual manner for baking.

The advantages of my improved mold formaking French rolls are that the scratchingv of the face of the dough, which heretofore,` had to be done by hand for each piece or blankof dough, is accomplished by one operation on all the pieces or blanks in one mold, the cutting operation being performed 'by a second operationI for all the pieces in the mold; secondly, that the scratches on the rolls have all the same inclination and posi- "tion, so that the rolls have'a neater and more uniform appearance, and, lastly, that, by my improved mold the small pieces of dough can.

be made/ready for the baking operation'with- `in a shorter time than heretofore,so that larger quantities of rolls can be turned out 1n a given-time, and thereby increased quantities be supplied to the consumers at the,

proper time of the day.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A mold for making French rolls, consist-4 'ing of arectangular box provided with transverse ribs and dough spaces between said ribs, the bottom of the box and the base portions of the ribs being provided with parallel incisions arranged at-asuitable angle of in- 'clination to the longer sides-of the box, substantially as set forth. i

2. A mold for making French rolls, consisting of a rectangular box provided with transverse ribs and dough-spaces between said ribs,

the bottom of the box and the base portions of the ribs being provided with parallel crossincisions arranged at right angles to the ribs, substantially as set forth.

3; A mold for making French rolls, consisting of a rectangular box provided with transverse ribs and dough-spaces between said ribs, the bottom ofthe box and the base portions ofthe ribs being provided with parallel incisions arranged at a suitable angle of inclination to the longer sides ofthe box, and crossincisions at right angles to the ribs, substan` tially as set forth.

4. The combination with a mold provided with transversev ribs and dough-spaces between said ribs and withincisions extending through the bottom of the box, and the base portions of the ribs, of a box, provided with a recess for the mold, a knife-carrying board located in said box and provided with knives arranged in alinement with the bottom incisions of the mold, and means for moving said knife-carrying board in one or the opposite direction in the box, substantially as set forth. 5. The combination, with amold provided IIO with transverse ribs and dough -spaces between said ribs and parallel incisions extending through the bottom of the box and base portion of the ribs, of a box for said mold provided with top boards and a recess corresponding' to the size of the mold between said top boards, a knife-carrying board located in said box and provided With parallel knives arranged in alinement With the incisions in the bottom of the mold, means for moving `the knife-carrying board from one end of the box to the other, and means for returning the knife-carrying board to the opposite end of the box, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a mold provided with transverse ribs and dough-spaces between said ribs and incisions extending through the bottom of the box and the base portions of the ribs at a suitable angle of inclination to the longer sides of the box, of a scratching-box provided With top boards and a recess between said boards of the size of the mold, a movable knife-carrying board provided With a number of parallel knives located in said box, and means for moving said knife-carrying board in one or the opposite direction to said box, substantially as set forth,

7. The combination, with a mold provided with transverse ribs and dough-spaces between the ribs and with cross-incisions` cxtending` through the bottom oi the box and base portions of the ribs at right angles to said ribs, of a cutting-box provided with top boards and a recess corresponding to the size of the mold between said boards, a movable knife-carrying board located in said cuttingbox and provided with knives in alinement with said cross-incisions, and means for moving the knife-carrying board in one or the other direction in said box, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I. claim the foregoing as my invention l have signed my name in presence of t\vo subscribing witnesses.'

BAPTISTE YGRE.

litnessesz PAUL GoErEL, HENRY J. SUHnnInn. 

